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No. 895,526. PATENTED-AUG. 11, 1908.

- G. W. WILLIAMS dz 0'. G. SELBY,

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APPLICATION FILED APB. 30,1908.

a mm GEORGE \V. WILLIAMS AND CHARLES SELBY, OF WEST MANSFIELD, OHIO.

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T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE W. WIL- LIAMS and CHARLES G. SELBY, citizensof the United States. residing at Vest Mansfield, in

the county of Logan and State of Ohio, have awav.

invented a new and useful Bed, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to invalid bedsteads so constructed as to enablethe occupant of the bed to be moved to an inclined position.

The invention has for its object to provide an improved invalid bedsteadby means of which the occupant may be easily raised to and supported inany reclining position desired.

The invention consists in an invalid bedstead, and in details thereof,constructed and arranged as hereinafter described and claimed- Referringto the drawings :Figure 1 is a view in perspective of an invalidbedstead constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is adetail view of a portion of the end of the bed stead with parts brokenFig. 3 is anenlarged detail view of a portion of the adjustablereclining device.

1 indicates thebedstead having a frame work consisting of a foot board2, and head board 3 connected together b the side boards 4, and providedwith rockers 5, pivoted to suitable supports 6. In .order to hold thebed irame in position, and to ermit of its adjustment to differentinclined positions a suitable device is provided, and as here shown.consisting of a curved bar 7 mounted on one of the sup orts 6, andprojecting through a guide or 'eeper 8, on the head board 3. The bar 7has a number of notches 9 with which a pawl 10, pivoted to the headboard3 is adapted to engage, the pawl 10. having an operating arm 11roet-ting from the headboard 3 The paw 10 is held in engagement with oneof the notches 9, by means of a spring 12 secured to headboard 3, andbearing against the pawl 10. It will be seen that by releasing the pawl10, from engagement with the bar 7, and holding it out of engagementwith the notches 9, the bed frame may be. rocked 0n the supports 6, andtipped to any inclined position thereby enabling the occupant of the bedto be turned over in one direction or another according as the bed maybe tipped. By means of the notched bar 7, and pawl 10, the bed frame maybe held in any adjusted positiim.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 30, 1908. Serial No. 430,153.

In addition to the means for enabling the occupant of the bed to beturned over, a device is provided for moving the occupant of the bed toan inclined osition, and su porting the person in suei position asshown. The device consists of a head rest 13, formed with side bars orst-rhs 14, on which are mounted transverse slats 15 having their endsprojecting beyond the side bars 14.

The side bars 14- are connected by means of,

hinges 16 to one of the bedstead slats 17,

which rest in the strips 18, on the side boards 4. lVhen the head rest13 is flat, or in its lowest position the-projecting ends of thetransverse slats 15 rest on the strips 18. In order to raise the headrest 13, and support it in adjusted inclined position, a suitablemechanism is provided follows. The head rest 13 has fixed to its outerend downwardly inclined supporting'aims, or rods 19, pivoted at theirlower ends\' to lateral arms, or projections 20, on a dis 2 1, slidablymounted on a rod 22 extendin lengthwise of the bed frame, and throughthe-rockers 5, and supports 6, and serving as the pivotal supports forthe rockers 5. The head rest 13 is raised and lowered; to ad'ustedinclined position by means ot the following mechanism. A cord 23 issecured at one end to the disk 21, and extends to and i UNITED-STATESATENT oar ion.

over a pulley 24, mounted on one of the rockers 5, at the foot of thebed, and from thence to a rotary shaft or roller' 25 mounted in brackets26 on the side boards 4, at the head of the bed. The cord 23 is carriedaround the roller 25, with a few turns and then extends to the disk 21.,where it is secured to the arms 20 by means of its branching ends 27.One of the ends of the rotar shaft 25,

projects from the sideboard 4, and ms mounted thereon a ratchet wheel28,- operated by a. crank handle 29. A pawl 30 pivot-ed on the sideboard 4 engages the ratchet wheel 28 and holds it from turningbaclm'ards. To raise the head rest 13, and hold it in adjusted inclinedposition the shaft 25 is turned by means of handle 29, which causes thecord-22 to wind up on the shaft, and draw the disk 21, on the rod 22towards the head of the bed, the cord 23, also unwinding to )ermit thedisk 21 to move forward. As the isk 21 moves forward, the arms 19,ivotally connected thereto cause the heat rest 13 to be raised to aninclined position, and when the desired inclined position is obtained,the

pawl 30 holds the ratchet wheel 28 from turning backward, and theheadrest 13 is held in inclined adjusted position. By releasing -thepawl 30, from engagement with. wheel 28 the shaft maybe rotatedbackwards and the 0pposite movement of disk 21 on rod 22 takes place,causing the head rest 13 to be lowered.

t will thus be seen that by tipping the bed from side to side theturning of a patient in bed can be easily and readilv accomplished. Thepatient can be easily and readily raised and lowered to any inclinedposition desired, and supported therein by means of the hingedadjustable head rest.

, Having described the inventioinwe claim 1. A bedstead having alongitudinal rod mounted beneath the bed a support slidably mounted onsaid rod; a hinged head rest with supporting arms ivoted to said shdablesupport; arotar s iaft, means for operating and locking said shaft; anda traction cord, extendlng over a pulley, wound around said rotary shaftand having its ends secured to the slidable sup ort.

2. A bedstead liaving a lon itudinal rod mounted therein, a supportslidably mounted on said rod, a hinged head rest, with supporting armspivoted to said slidable'support; an operating shaft and crank withratchet and pawl at the head of the bedstead; and a tract-ion cordconnected at one end to the slidable sup )ort, extending over a pulleyat the foot of the bedstead: from thence to the o crating shaft, andabout the same to the shdable support to which it is connecaed), Intestimony that we claim the foregozng as our own, we have hereto afiixedour signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE \Y. 'ILLIAMS. CHARLES G. SELBY. Witnesses: l

Esme PENNOCK, F. M. MmsImLL.

